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Two years ago, on December 10, 2016, Just Hold On was released by Ultra Music. This was Louis' first solo song release. It was written by Louis Tomlinson, Steve Aoki, Eric Rosse, Sasha Sloan, and Sir Nolan and produced by Steve Aoki, Sir Nolan and Jay Pryor. Louis and Steve performed "Just Hold On" for the first time on the finale of The X Factor UK. The music video for Just Hold On was released on March 8, 2017.

Just Hold On went Gold in Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Poland, Switzerland, UK, and the US and Platinum in Australia, Canada, Italy, and Sweden. At the 2017 Teen Choice Awards, Just Hold on won Best Collaboration and was also nominated for Best Electronic/Dance Song.

One year ago today, Louis Tomlinson released the music video for Miss You. The video follows Louis from a bar to an art gallery to a club, trying to have a good time while pining for a love interest who is not there.

The video featured a mix of Louis’ real-life friends and actors playing the part of Louis’ “lad crew” on a night out. The video follows their quest for a good time with Louis repeatedly being distracted from the fun by the thought that he’s missing someone. He knows he should be having a good time, but he’s melancholy with the thought that “shit, maybe I miss you”.

The video has more than 16.6 million views on YouTube. A behind the scenes video was also released as well as a series of behind the scenes snippets and clips from the video that were used to tease the release of the video.

In the behind the scenes video, Louis said, “We just really wanted to capture that moment from, you know, kind of pure euphoria…and then, just like, emptiness….and we’ve done a really good job. I’m excited for you guys to see it.”

A writer interviewed Louis Tomlinson for an as yet unnamed publication and says “what' he’s got for us is special”. The interview will be up in mid-January. They also said it will be sooner than the soon fans are used to.

They expanded on that saying “we’ve got a little while! but not too long, and promise it’s worth the wait”.

While they couldn’t give exact dates on when the song was dropping, they said “you aren’t ready for how fucking good this song is”!

They said Louis wants it to be perfect and that Louis said fans have “already been waiting so patiently for so long now, wouldn’t be fair to rush things now!”

The interviewer said Louis cuddled them three times and sat on the floor (versus the couch - the interviewer joined Louis on the floor!). They also said Louis is “extremely wonderful and tried to put me at ease when I was clearly bricking it!” They also assured fans that Louis is the “best person” and “every bit as wonderful as we think he is”.

On December 4, Billboard released their annual charts for this year and Louis Tomlinson came in at #7 on the Social 50 chart. The Social 50 is a ranking of the most active artists on the world's leading social networking sites. Artists' popularity is determined by a formula blending their weekly additions of friends/fans/followers along with artist page views and weekly song plays, as measured by Next Big Sound.

Louis, whose debut album is not even out yet, was topped only by BTS, EXO, Cardi B, Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes, and GOT7 and beat out other artists such as MONSTA X, Camila Cabello, and Rihanna.

With Louis confirming a single would be out this month (and his album likely to debut in the new year), 2019 looks to be the year to watch for LT1.

Louis Tomlinson has been nominated for two CelebMix awards - Philanthropist of the Year and Biggest Inspiration. Voting takes place in two rounds.

Voting for Round One opens on December 4, at 12 pm (GMT) until December 11, at 12 pm (GMT). Then, the four nominees with the most votes in each category will continue on to Round Two, which begins on December 13, at 12 pm (GMT). Voting for the CelebMix Awards will end on December 21, at 12 pm (GMT) with winners revealed the following day.

To vote, click here. Scroll down to find the Philanthropist of the Year and Biggest Inspiration categories.

One year ago today, Louis Tomlinson’s single, Miss You was released. The song debuted on the 2017 X Factor Finale. The song has more than 16+ million plays on YouTube and 48+ million streams on Spotify.

Of the song, Louis said, "I wrote this song about a time in my life when I was going out partying every night. In hindsight throughout that time I was pretty numb and just going through the motions. Deep down it was always in the back of my mind that what I really missed was the person that I loved. It was important for me to write something really honest."

Ross McNeilage of MTV News called the song as "an undeniable anthem that sounds 100% Louis" and "a sing-along party tune about the betrayal of partying" and "the depth of the storytelling is disguised with an infectious melody".

Mike Nied of Idolator called it "an anthemic bop similar to his work with 1D", but with "a more mature spin on the band's buoyant sound".

Upon digital release, Miss You reached #1 on iTunes in 22 countries, and was top 10 in 52 countries. On the official charts, Miss You peaked at #4 in New Zealand, #5 in Belgium, #13 in Sweden, #39 for UK Singles (Official Charts Company), and #6 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard).

Check out LTHQOfficial's Operation Miss You, a fan effort to promote the song early last year.

Louis Tomlinson was spotted at the Anne-Marie concert where his X Factor contestant, Dalton Harris, performed two songs. The pair were there as part of the promo for the X Factor Finals this weekend. Anne-Marie will be one of the guest performers at the finals as well.

Sharp-eyed fans noticed that Louis Tomlinson’s Spotify profile has been updated to include a Concert tab and an area for merch that is connected to Louis’ online store. The Concert tab is currently empty and the Merch area includes the Back To You CD Single.

It appears that things are happening behind the scenes as we get closer to new music from Louis. These recent Spotify changes combined with the change to Louis’ official website description seem to indicate we’re getting closer the release of his new single, debut album, merch, and tour dates!

Louis’ website description was recently changed to “The official website for Louis Tomlinson. Visit and sign-up to the mailing list for all the latest news, merchandise store, music, songs and videos, what he’s been up to since One Direction and where to see him live now." While the official website is still just a static page with links to his social media and outlets to listen and purchase his music, the revamped description seems to indicate the website may undergo a revamp as well with more content than is currently there.

With an exact release date for Louis’ new single as yet unannounced, fans are gearing up for the start of LT1 and can’t wait to get their hands on new music from Louis, new merch, and new Louis-related content! We’ll keep you posted as soon as we find out more!

As we get closer and closer to the release of new music from Louis Tomlinson, we’re getting more and more signs that LT1 is coming. After Louis’ merch leaked online twice (here and here), fans were eager to get their hands on it. Tonight, one of Louis’ friends, Nizam, was spotted at X Factor wearing the merch - a hoodie with Louis’ trademarked X-eyed on it.

Louis has repeatedly said his new single was coming “soon”. There was no announcement on X Factor today that Louis would be performing on the final so it’s either a surprise and they’ll announce it later this week or the new single will come out after X Factor has ended.

Five years ago today, One Direction released their album, Midnight Memories. The album debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200, making One Direction the first group in history to debut at #1 in the US with their first three albums. Two singles were released before the album came out - "Best Song Ever" and "Story of My Life".

"Midnight Memories" was the third single from the album and "You & I" was the fourth single. Released towards the end of the year, Midnight Memories became the best-selling album of 2013 worldwide according to the IFPI, with sales of more than four million copies in only 5 weeks.

Louis Tomlinson wrote on the majority of the album’s track including:

AliveBetter Than WordsDianaDoes He Know?Little Black DressLittle White LiesMidnight MemoriesRight NowStory of My LifeStrongThrough the DarkWhy Don't We Go There

During the press conference where the 'Where We Are' Stadium Tour was confirmed For 2014, Louis spoke of the album’s new sound direction for the band, saying, “There will be a new album this year. It's taken a slightly rockier tone.” The album went platinum and multi-platinum in many countries.

Louis performed Little Black Dress during his Key 103 performance last year.